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Richard D Bass Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$6k
Granted FY2025still arriving
2
Grants FY2025still arriving
2
States reached
$5k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
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01What it funds
0199% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.

Recreation & Sports$435kPublic Benefit$400kEducation$359kHealth$326kArts & Culture$149kPublic Safety & Disaster$103kEnvironment$101kPhilanthropy$85kOther$0
02FY2025 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

$5,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$1k
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
WASHBURN ALZHEIMERS DISEASE RESEAR$5,000
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH$1,000
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Its human-services grants (FY17–24, $54k) land where the poverty rate runs at 14%, against an area that typically sits at 10%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 10%FOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $50k → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $500 → 14%SAFE PLACE FOR YOUTH: $500 → 14%JUBILEE PARK & COMMUNITY CENTER: $500 → 14%JUBILEE PARK: $1k → 14%THE FAMILY PLACE: $1k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

MN
PA
CT
CA
UT
VA
KS
DC
OK
TX
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

38%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$789k · 21 repeat orgs$1.3M to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +75% since the first grant, against +40% for those funded once.

21 repeat relationships: 0 still active in FY2025, 21 since wound down; 2 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

21
40

Total granted

$789k
$1.3M

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+75%
+40%

Still filing today

67%
45%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $6k went to new ones.

50%100%’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25
Human ServicesEducationArts & CultureAnimalsFood & NutritionHealthOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • WA
    WASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC
    8× · 2017–2024 · $360k · revenue +258%
  • SM
    ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS
    3× · 2018–2024 · $76k · revenue +11%
  • SS
    SNOWBIRD SPORTS EDUCATION FOUNDATIO
    3× · 2018–2020 · $75k · revenue +96%

Funded once

  • Texas 2036graduated
    one grant, 2020 · $250k · revenue +68%
  • CF
    CENTER FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH CL
    one grant, 2020 · $100k
  • US
    UT SOUTHWESTERN - PULMONARY FIBROSIS RESEARCHCHAD NEWTON
    one grant, 2018 · $100k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Glasstire

Glasstire is a website about visual art in Texas. Our mission is to expand the conversation about visual art in Texas.

Arts & Culture
2
Texas Trees Foundation

The mission of texas trees foundation is to improve the health of cities and people through the transformative power of trees.

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3
Detroit Historical Society

The Detroit Historical Society tells Detroit's stories and why they matter through its exhibits, programs, outreach, and the preservation and dissemination of its artifacts and collections.

Arts & Culture
4
Progress Texas Institute

The Progress Texas Institute provides research and strategic communications on issues with the ultimate goal of increasing civic engagement.

Civil Rights
5
Trees for Houston

Plant, protect and promote trees all over the greater Houston area.

—
6
Dallas International University

As a christian university, we provide education and research opportunities preparing global leaders to partner with local communities.

Education
7
Center for Public Policy Priorities

At the Every Texan, we believe in a Texas that offers everyone the chance to compete and succeed in life. We envision a Texas where everyone is healthy, well educated, and financially secure. We want the best Texas, a proud state that sets…

Public Benefit
8
Safe City Commission

Support law enforcement and promote public safety awareness and crime prevention in Fort Worth.

Crime & Legal
9
Texas Tribune Inc

The texas tribune promotes civic engagement and public education across the state by producing and sharing for free public data interactives, statewide events and intensive and daily reporting on texas public policy, politics and current…

Education
10
Downtown Dallas Inc

Downtown Dallas, Inc. (DDI), is the champion of a clean and safe Downtown and of the economic development and vibrancy of this community of diverse, unique neighborhoods. DDI: Mobilizes and amplifies the services of public agencies.…

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11
Houston Botanic Garden

To enrich life through discovery, education, and the conservation of plants and the natural environment.

Environment
12
Progress Texas

Progress Texas is a non-profit media organization advocating for progressive ideals and policies in our state.

Civil Rights
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Promise House Inc; the most unlike its peers is Feeding America. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

33 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 33 of the 63 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

0
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
6
Early backer (in before they grew)
32/33
Grantees still filing
24/33
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

WASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC: $360,000 · OtherWASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INCCENTER FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH CL: $100,000 · OtherCENTER FOR DEPRESSION RESEARCH CLUT SOUTHWESTERN - PULMONARY FIBROSIS RESEARCHCHAD NEWTON: $100,000 · OtherUT SOUTHWESTERN - PULMONARY FIBROSIS RESEARCHCHAD NEWTONST PHILIPS SCHOOL COMMUNITY CTR: $100,000 · OtherST PHILIPS SCHOOL COMMUNITY CTRNORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY RESPONSE FUND: $100,000 · OtherNORTH TEXAS COMMUNITY RESPONSE FUNDTDF COVID-19 RELIEF FUND: $100,000 · OtherTDF COVID-19 RELIEF FUNDUT SOUTHWESTERN - HARIETTE L WORSHAM FUND FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH: $100,000 · OtherUT SOUTHWESTERN - HARIETTE L WORSHAM FUND FOR ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCHCISTERCIAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND: $51,000 · OtherYALE UNIVERSITY: $50,000 · Other+36 more: $269,500 · Other+36 moreTexas 2036: $250,000 · Public BenefitTexas 2036THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $150,000 · EducationTHE GEORGE W…ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $76,000 · EducationST MARK'S SC…HOCKADAY SCHOOL: $9,000 · Education+2 more: $1,500 · EducationTrinity Park Conservancy: $100,000 · Community ImprovementSNOWBIRD SPORTS EDUCATION FOUNDATIO: $75,000 · Recreation & SportsFOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $50,000 · Human ServicesPOETIC: $5,500 · Human ServicesTHE BRIDGE: $2,500 · Human ServicesBACK ON MY FEET: $2,500 · Human Services+3 more: $3,500 · Human ServicesDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: $25,000 · Arts & CultureCherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center Inc: $2,500 · Arts & CultureCONNECTICUT BALLET SCHOOL: $1,000 · Arts & Culture
Other$1,330,500Public Benefit$250,000Education$236,500Community Improvement$100,000Recreation & Sports$75,000Human Services$64,000Arts & Culture$28,500

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetWASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC: $360,000 over 8y, 24% of budgetTexas 2036: $250,000 over 1y, 3.4% of budgetTHE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION: $150,000 over 2y, 0.1% of budgetTrinity Park Conservancy: $100,000 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS: $76,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetSNOWBIRD SPORTS EDUCATION FOUNDATIO: $75,000 over 3y, 4.0% of budgetFOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION: $50,000 over 1y, 1.2% of budgetDallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetNORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK: $10,500 over 8y, 0.0% of budgetPARKLAND FOUNDATION: $10,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetHOCKADAY SCHOOL: $9,000 over 4y, 0.0% of budgetAUSTIN STREET CENTER: $5,500 over 6y, 0.0% of budgetPOETIC: $5,500 over 6y, 0.1% of budgetINTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER: $3,500 over 5y, 0.0% of budgetDeep Medicine Circle: $3,000 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetTHE BRIDGE: $2,500 over 3y, 0.1% of budgetBACK ON MY FEET: $2,500 over 3y, 0.0% of budgetCherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center Inc: $2,500 over 1y, 0.9% of budgetJUBILEE PARK & COMMUNITY CENTER CORPORATION: $1,500 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCONNECTICUT BALLET SCHOOL: $1,000 over 1y, 0.3% of budgetSOGOREA TE LAND TRUST: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetFeeding America: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL FOUNDATION: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetTEXAS WOLFDOG PROJECT: $1,000 over 1y, 0.8% of budgetMomentous Institute: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetThe Family Place: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetBRIDGE STEPS: $1,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPROMISE HOUSE INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetPAUL PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL INC: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDowntown Streets Inc: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetNEW FRIENDS NEW LIFE: $500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

  • Who funds WASATCH ADAPTIVE SPORTS INC ↗
  • Who funds Texas 2036 ↗
  • Who funds THE GEORGE W BUSH FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Trinity Park Conservancy ↗
  • Who funds ST MARK'S SCHOOL OF TEXAS ↗
  • Who funds SNOWBIRD SPORTS EDUCATION FOUNDATIO ↗
  • Who funds FOREFRONT LIVING FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum ↗
  • Who funds NORTH TEXAS FOOD BANK ↗
  • Who funds PARKLAND FOUNDATION ↗
  • Who funds THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS CHARITIES ↗
  • Who funds HOCKADAY SCHOOL ↗
  • Who funds AUSTIN STREET CENTER ↗
  • Who funds POETIC ↗
  • Who funds INTERNATIONAL WOLF CENTER ↗
  • Who funds Deep Medicine Circle ↗
  • Who funds THE BRIDGE ↗
  • Who funds BACK ON MY FEET ↗
  • Who funds Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center Inc ↗

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Communities Foundatio…Texas Instruments Fou…The Dallas FoundationHamon Charitable Foun…The Rita Crocker Clem…The Mike and Mary Ter…Baron & Blue Foundati…The Aileen and Jack P…The Rees-Jones Founda…Hillcrest FoundationTexas Women's Foundat…Raymond James Charita…
Communities Foundation of Texas IncTX17.2× affinity7 shared granteesties to 11 of 11Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Communities Foundation of Texas Inc · Texas Instruments Foundation · The Dallas Foundation · Hamon Charitable Foundation · The Rita Crocker Clements Foundatio · The Mike and Mary Terry Family Foundation · Baron & Blue Foundation · The Aileen and Jack Pratt Foundation · The Rees-Jones Foundation · Hillcrest Foundation · Texas Women's Foundation · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Richard D Bass Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Richard D Bass Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 10%2%6%14%25%funder's share of their income ↑0%6%13%19%25%share of the org’s income from government →median 1%
  • Connecticut Ballet School: 1% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
1get no government money at all
12report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–25%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
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How do I get to Richard D Bass Foundation?

Find your warmest path to Richard D Bass Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 63 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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The unnamed billions
grants reported with no recipient in the public record
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who holds foundation money, and what just moved
The camps
funders cluster by geography, not ideology
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where grant money is based, and what stays home